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Tennessee has offered Esmeralda Enriquez, who's coming off an NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship with Eastern Arizona. Enriquez was named the MVP of the program's first national title, averaging 18 points in the tournament.

Enriquez started in 31 of 35 games. She averaged 15.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 24 minutes per game. She shot 45.7% from the field and 44.8% on 3-pointers.
 
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mcannon1 said:
Tennessee has offered Esmeralda Enriquez, who's coming off an NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship with Eastern Arizona. Enriquez was named the MVP of the program's first national title, averaging 18 points in the tournament.

Enriquez started in 31 of 35 games. She averaged 15.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 24 minutes per game. She shot 45.7% from the field and 44.8% on 3-pointers.
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Enriquez, who is from Yakima, Washington, played her first two collegiate seasons at North Idaho and Eastern Arizona. In her sophomore campaign at Eastern Arizona, she started 31 of 35 games and led the team to the NJCAA Division I title. Along with Tennessee, Enriquez has received offers from several other Division I programs, including Fresno State, Appalachian State, and Bowling Green.

  • Enriquez revealed she received the offer from Tennessee on April 1, 2026.
  • She just completed her sophomore season at Eastern Arizona in 2025-26.
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Lady Vols Offer Junior College Standout Esmeralda Enriquez - Knoxville Today

The Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team has extended an offer to Esmeralda Enriquez, a standout junior college player who was named the MVP of the 2026 NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship after leading Eastern Arizona to the title. Enriquez, a 5'8" guard, averaged 15.7 points...
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So if she accepts the Caldwell offer the LVs would be her third school in 3 years.
No red flag there, of course.;)
 
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mcannon1 said:
Tennessee has offered Esmeralda Enriquez, who's coming off an NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship with Eastern Arizona. Enriquez was named the MVP of the program's first national title, averaging 18 points in the tournament.

Enriquez started in 31 of 35 games. She averaged 15.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 24 minutes per game. She shot 45.7% from the field and 44.8% on 3-pointers.
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How do you know this?
 
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1reVOLver said:

Lady Vols Offer Junior College Standout Esmeralda Enriquez - Knoxville Today

The Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team has extended an offer to Esmeralda Enriquez, a standout junior college player who was named the MVP of the 2026 NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship after leading Eastern Arizona to the title. Enriquez, a 5'8" guard, averaged 15.7 points...
nationaltoday.com nationaltoday.com

So if she accepts the Caldwell offer the LVs would be her third school in 3 years.
No red flag there, of course.;)
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All the other offers are mid-majors. Not saying whether she is good or not - I really don't know - but would have liked to see other major schools on the offer list.
 
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volfan102455 said:
All the other offers are mid-majors. Not saying whether she is good or not - I really don't know - but would have liked to see other major schools on the offer list.
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That’s how Juco players are usually. Most of the good ones I’ve see picked up only had one offer from a P4 school. It’s just not a common recruiting ground and with no info major schools don’t usually make an offer.
 
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Don’t know how true this is but I’m posting it! 😂

Edit : I just seen this was already posted in another thread. Maybe we can merge or somehow differentiate the 2.

Maybe post who we actually have on visits here, and who enters the portal from other teams on the other transfer thread?
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It’s one player and one visit announced SO far. The player has a better shooting percentage from 3pt range than any player from Tennessee’s rosters over atleast a 5 year span. Just for projections to the current system, this is a huge improvement over any shooter recruited over the past two seasons outside of Tess Darby. That includes all the freshmen and both Spear & Spencer.
If you’re going to complain at least be decent at it and make it make sense.
 
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KnoxLikeUs said:
It’s one player and one visit announced SO far. The player has a better shooting percentage from 3pt range than any player from Tennessee’s rosters over atleast a 5 year span. Just for projections to the current system, this is a huge improvement over any shooter recruited over the past two seasons outside of Tess Darby. That includes all the freshmen and both Spear & Spencer.
If you’re going to complain at least be decent at it and make it make sense.
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You do realize that Liberty did not play against the teams that Tennessee will play against.

While impressive, she may or may not be able to keep up that percentage against the talent in the SEC.

Who one plays matters and influences how well that person plays. The entire problem with "the system" is that the philosophy of the coach is that one doesn't have to adjust ANYTHING for any team.
 
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volfan102455 said:
You do realize that Liberty did not play against the teams that Tennessee will play against.

While impressive, she may or may not be able to keep up that percentage against the talent in the SEC.

Who one plays matters and influences how well that person plays. The entire problem with "the system" is that the philosophy of the coach is that one doesn't have to adjust ANYTHING for any team.
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One thing we’ve seen the system do though is allow players to have open shots. We just didn’t have anywhere close to the quality of shooters to take advantage of it this year. So I really don’t care if the sec has more talent than Liberty’s usual competition. Of course it does. But if she can shoot, then she can shoot. And she will get open shots here
 
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volfan102455 said:
You do realize that Liberty did not play against the teams that Tennessee will play against.

While impressive, she may or may not be able to keep up that percentage against the talent in the SEC.

Who one plays matters and influences how well that person plays. The entire problem with "the system" is that the philosophy of the coach is that one doesn't have to adjust ANYTHING for any team.
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i’d gladly take someone who’s shooting that high of a percentage 2 years in a row in a semi good mid major conference.
 
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volfan102455 said:
You do realize that Liberty did not play against the teams that Tennessee will play against.

While impressive, she may or may not be able to keep up that percentage against the talent in the SEC.

Who one plays matters and influences how well that person plays. The entire problem with "the system" is that the philosophy of the coach is that one doesn't have to adjust ANYTHING for any team.
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She seems to have the credentials to take a roster position from many of the players that left so you have to judge each player we get like that. She played who they had scheduled which two years ago was Tennessee where she went 7 for 9 from the field. They have played some other SEC teams and she has done well. Kim need three point shooters this would be her role.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
She seems to have the credentials to take a roster position from many of the players that left so you have to judge each player we get like that. She played who they had scheduled which two years ago was Tennessee where she went 7 for 9 from the field. They have played some other SEC teams and she has done well. Kim need three point shooters this would be her role.
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Liberty did not play any SEC teams this year. They did play Duke. She was 2 of 9 from three-point range and 5 of 15 overall.
 
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volforlife10 said:
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i’d gladly take someone who’s shooting that high of a percentage 2 years in a row in a semi good mid major conference.
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True because we are probably looking at a roster with mid-major and JUCO players.

I doubt the best players from the major schools are even considering Tennessee.
 
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volfan102455 said:
Liberty did not play any SEC teams this year. They did play Duke. She was 2 of 9 from three-point range and 5 of 15 overall.
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Not last year the year before she played Tennessee and Arkansas. They played Duke both seasons. Her best game was against Tennessee. She only went 2 for2 against Arkansas. Duke that first year 2 for 3 wasn't playing as much. She serves a need think she is better than Robertson so I have penciled her in for that job.
 
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